A mass tort is a civil action involving numerous plaintiffs against one or a few corporate defendants. The tort may involve, for example, personal injuries suffered by numerous plaintiffs as a result of a defective product, or a mass disaster in which there were many injured persons, such as an airplane crash, or exposure of a large group of people to toxic chemicals or pharmaceuticals.
Yucaipa (pronounced Yoo-KI-pah) is a city located 10 miles east of San Bernardino, in San Bernardino County, California, United States. According to San Bernardino County the population as of 2007 was 51,046 and with a Projected Population in 2012 of 58,187. This is a significant level of growth since the 2000 census when the city had a population of 41,207. The city's Web site indicates that Yucaipa has grown over 27 percent since the census of 2000.